It took as long as twelve years to train as a scribe. Could an Egyptian girl become a Scribe? No, only boys went to school to learn to be scribes. Women could be scribes and also priests, usually of a cult with a feminine deity. The priests of Isis, for…
If you are familiar with the person you are asking, you can also ask them for a ride by saying Can I get a ride from you? This is casual, and the use of can is more informal and less polite. If you ask someone this, they have probably taken…
Slaves in Rome might include prisoners of war, sailors captured and sold by pirates, or slaves bought outside Roman territory. In hard times, it was not uncommon for desperate Roman citizens to raise money by selling their children into slavery. Slaves in Rome might include prisoners of war, sailors captured…
While the veracity of the story is in question, it is physically possible for a sperm whale to swallow a human whole, as they are known to swallow giant squid whole. However, such a person would be crushed, drowned or suffocated in the whale’s stomach. If it’s a human getting…
James did NOT play his own songs. James can’t play a guitar. James has stated at reunion events that he thought Herb Ellis was the one doing the actual playing of the guitar in those episodes but James wasn’t certain. Jim Best Couldn’t Actually Play Guitar For His Role On…
Possibly, but it would take a repeat of the bipartisan and devastatingly foolish policies of the 1920s and ‘ 30s to bring it about. For the most part, economists now know that the stock market did not cause the 1929 crash. It was itself a symptom of wildly erratic shifts…
As we celebrate the ending of the war 75 years ago, know this: victory for the Allies was never guaranteed, and historians agree there were countless ways Germany could have won the war. Defeat never came down to one battle or one campaign. The answer has to be ‘yes’ but…
No. The last living survivor died on 31 May 2009. Elizabeth Gladys ‘Millvina’ Dean, who sailed with her parents as a third-class passenger, was just 8 weeks old when Titanic sailed. Charles Joughin, the chief baker of the Titanic, survived the sinking. He calmly stayed on the ship until the…
Devoir > tu aurais dû – you should have/ ought to have. The present French conditional is used to express COULD – SHOULD – WOULD . Just like in English, using the conditional tense means that something is only going to happen if a certain condition is met. Si j’étais…
We also use ‘could’ to ask permission; it is more polite or formal than ‘can’. Changing the word order to “could you please” is no more or less polite – it’s a matter of style. whether requests starting with “Please can/could you…” render the same degree of politeness as those…